Deck 12: Individual Rights

Question 1

The local clinic has a certified medical translator to explain procedures for informed consent. Which of the core component of the right to health does that exemplify?

A) Availability
B) Accessibility
C) Acceptability
D) Quality

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A women's care clinic that provides abortion services has met with resistance from a neighboring town despite a vote of confidence from the majority of the intended community. What procedural principle of the right to health has the clinic attempted to follow?

A) Nondiscrimination
B) Transparency
C) Participation
D) Accountability

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following patients would be an example of a violation of the human health rights?

A) The patient who has been refused an organ transplant who is mentally challenged.
B) The patient who has refused narcotic pain medications due to a history of opioid abuse
C) The patient who is comatose and given lifesaving treatment without consent
D) The patient who refuses to being treated for an apparent injury from a motor vehicle accident

Answer 3

A

Question 4

As one of the core components of the right to health, acceptability is described as _____.

A) safe, effective patient-centered, timely, equitable, and efficient care.
B) requiring that all health facilities are patient centered and designed for specific needs.
C) four overlapping dimensions of nondiscrimination and economical accessibility.
D) a sufficient quantity of functioning public and equitable services.

Question 5

Which of the core components of the right to health discusses informed consent?

A) Accessibility
B) Acceptability
C) Availability
D) Quality

Question 6

Which statement describes transparency as one of the procedural principles of the right to health?

A) Healthcare must be accessible and provided without discrimination.
B) Health information must be easily accessible for everyone, to enable quality health services.
C) Individuals must be able to take an active role in decisions that affect their health.
D) Agencies must be held accountable for protecting the right to health care through standards.

Question 7

Individuals have rights as patients, established by law or the healthcare facility, such as the __________________.

A) right to refuse treatment, including aggressive lifesaving procedures.
B) right to challenge excessive billing practices of facilities.
C) right to receive all treatments and services without needing to pay.
D) right to commit suicide.

Question 8

When is a patient not able to exercise their right to refuse treatment?

A) When the patient has an altered mental status
B) When the patient cannot afford emergency treatment
C) When the patient refuses elective procedures
D) When the patient is the parent of a minor child

Question 9

Providers have responsibilities, such as an obligation to provide the best patient care, and rights, such as the _____________.

A) right to refuse to treat a patient.
B) right to be treated with dignity by employers
C) right to disagree with treatment
D) right to refuse Medicare patients

Question 10

Which of the following applies to all healthcare facilities participating in Medicare or Medicaid, and requires that patients must be given information on patient's rights upon admission?

A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B) World Health Organization
C) Patient Self-Determination Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act